Example sentences of "of [pos pn] [noun] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of other human beings I have the evidence of my senses for the first and last links of the series , but not for the intermediate link . |
| 2 | The Chinese foreign ministry said yesterday that a resumption of Sino-British dialogue depended on Mr Patten abandoning the proposals , which would allow Hong Kong people to elect a majority of their legislature for the first time in 1995. — Reuter |
| 3 | THE mothers at the centre of the hospital baby swop case talked of their anguish for the first time last night . |
| 4 | On the strength of its hearings for the first eighteen applications the Reviewing Committee for the Export of Works of Art duly stopped all the drawings and starred the group , thus indicating its special status only the sixth time this has ever happened . |
| 5 | She had lain in her child 's bed and become aware of the reality of her heart for the first time as its beat quickened in response to the sparrow 's wild meanderings . |
| 6 | A woman has the right to stop work until her child is three and gets a third of her salary for the first 18 months . |
| 7 | Today he spoke of his ordeal for the first time.Shortly before midnight on Sunday he 'd checked and locked up the pub as normal . |
| 8 | Details of his transactions for the first month are given . |
| 9 | But Steve Lunn 's superb solo effort four minutes from time , the best goal of the match , brought Shilton out of his dugout for the first time to summon all hands on deck . |
| 10 | Thus when the girl secretary who was to become Dostoevsky 's wife rang the bell of his flat for the first time , the door was opened by an elderly woman servant with a green shawl thrown over her shoulders . |
| 11 | His continued absence increases speculation that Arsenal 's David Seaman will step out of his shadow for the first time in 18 months against the Poles next week . |
| 12 | But it might help your learners if they used some of your techniques for the first five or ten minutes of viewing . |
| 13 | So do n't , you get most of your marks for the first erm sort of twenty minutes writing usually unless your r I mean some of you might not get any marks at but I mean most of you will yeah you get most of your marks on the first twenty minutes . |